Section 780. Failure to comply with order of protection


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  • If any person is
      brought before the court for  failure  to  comply  with  the  terms  and
      conditions  of an order of protection properly issued under this article
      and applicable to him and if, after hearing, the court is  satisfied  by
      competent  proof  that  that  person without just cause failed to comply
      with such terms and conditions, the court may modify or revoke the order
      of protection, or commit said  person,  if  he  willfully  violated  the
      order,  to  jail for a term not to exceed six months, or both. The court
      may suspend an order of commitment under this section on condition  that
      the said person comply with the order of protection.